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TUESDAYBRIEFING statesman.com austin360.com A ICTIMOr Pi rrK A Wondering what your favorite stars have been up to? Vf AUO I IInOUU.OUIVI photo gallery, updated daily, tos.ee. Go to austln360.c Check out our celebrity NEWSMAKERS ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER: EX-BODYGUARD SAW BRITNEY USE DRUGS WORLD DIGEST A former Britney Spears bodyguard was the much-hyped "secret witness" in her custody battle with Kevin Federline on Monday, according to People.com. Tony Barretto, 28, was prepared to testify about "issues of nudity by Ms. Spears, drug use and safety issues involving the children" that he witnessed as her bodyguard before she fired him May 17, said I i i Britney Spears --I Xt his attorney, Gloria Allred. Instead, his written allegations were entered into court as evidence.

Spears' lawyer, Laura Wasser, strongly denied allegations of drug use by Spears. "He isn't a credible witness," she said after a two-hour closed-door hearing Monday. A WRIGGLY TEST FOR AUSTINITE Would-be Internet marketer Laura Martin is officially a reality TV star: She's eaten worms on camera. The Austinite is a contestant on an Internet-only reality show called "The Next Internet It pits online marketers against each other in a quest to help some Internet entrepreneurs -4, i form a new venture. Martin has made it through four shows after narrowly escaping elimination.

The 12-episode show is like "Survivor" at a marketing conference. On a recent episode, contestants had to eat worms or compose e-mail marketing pitches. Martin opted to quickly swallow some worms. CL 'rrf 1 rr Laura Martin Sakchai Lalit associatkdiukss Rescue workers examine the inside of a charred plane in Phuket that crashed while it was landing Sunday. THAILAND Wind shear might have caused deadly crash Authorities found the two flight data recorders from a plane that crashed while landing and killed 90 people on Thailand's resort island of Phuket.

An airline official said wind shear might have doomed the flight. Forty-one people survived Sunday's crash; the dead were mostly foreign tourists, including five Americans, according to a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Bangkok. Episode 5 goes live Thursday at NextInternetMillionaire.com. Back in Austin after shooting the show in Colorado, she said her strategy was to simply be herself.

"I figured I'd be nice and let other people trash each other if they wanted," she said. Martin has been blogging about her experiences at lauramartinonline.com and is working on an Internet project called IM Triggers that will be based in Austin. Omar Gallaga TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS a tense runoff. Voters rejected the party that has led since the end of a devastating war in 2002 for an opposition that vows less corruption and more jobs. a man suspected of intentionally setting off explosives at a restaurant where he had invited dozens of guests, killing nine people and injuring 25, police said.

The man allegedly told guests he wanted to treat them to dinner and apologize for a dispute. (wt Actor Robert Blake is 74. Philanthropist Mort Topfer is 71. Singer Frankie Avalon is 67. Texas Rep.

Chuck Hopson, D-Jacksonville, is 66. Actor James Gandol-fini is 46. Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt is 43. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith is 36. Athlete Lance Armstrong is 36.

Actor James Marsden is 34. Actress Alison Lohman is 28. Compiled by Clare Wood FINANCES Help for developing nations UNITED NATIONS The World Bank and the United Nations announced a system to help developing nations recover assets stolen and sent abroad by corrupt leaders, which amount to an estimated $40 billion a year. The system will work to help developing countries track stolen money and emphasize ways that financial centers can better detect and deter money laundering. SIERRA LEONE Opposition president sworn in FREETOWN Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn in as president after winning Lance Armstrong BRITAIN Hospitals ban white coats LONDON British hospitals are banning neckties, long sleeves and jewelry for doctors, as well as white coats, in an effort to stop the spread of deadly hospital-borne infections.

CHINA Dinner invitation turns deadly BEIJING Police were searching for MIDDLE EAST Panel: Open combat to women JERUSALEM An Israeli army committee is recommending all combat jobs be opened to women, security officials said, a change that would dramatically remake the front-line infantry, tank and special forces units that are the military's last male bastions. Israel has drafted men and women since 1948. LOTTERY PICK 3 Sept 17, day Sept 17, night LOTTO TEXAS Sept 15 16 17 21 28 41 52 Sept 19 jackpot $4 million MEGA MILLIONS Sept 14 5 9 12 33 40 Bonus number 27 Multiplier 4 Sept 18 jackpot $47 million CASH 5 Sept 17 7 15 27 31 32 TEXAS TWO STEP Sept 17 18 19 22 30 Bonus number 1 Sept. 17 jackpot $1 million NATION DIGEST DRUG WAR Drug lord gets life sentence SAN DIEGO Notorious Mexican drug lord Francisco Javier Arellano Felix pleaded guilty to federal crimes that carry a mandatory life sentence, reaching a deal that spares him execution. 'lw3 "wj 'mm .1 i.

V-Af i i lag L-i i. 1 I FOr detailed results of drawings, see www.teuulottwy.on. Call Inside Line at 416-5700, enter category 5686. Winning numbers usually updated by midnight HEALTH Study: Drug warnings needed PHILADELPHIA Doctors aren't doing a very good job of warning young women to avoid getting pregnant when they're taking prescription drugs that can cause birth defects, a new study suggests. Nearly half of the women taking the medicines didn't get counseling from their doctor about birth control measures, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researchers found in a study of nearly 500,000 women.

tern iwmm) i Lmmntt Jackson associatkd prkss Lawmakers, along with Lynda Johnson Robb, second from right, and Luci Baines Johnson, right, unveil the sign in front of the renamed Education Department building. WASHINGTON Tribute to the 'education president' Lyndon Baines Johnson, whose only Washington memorial had been a grove on an island in the Potomac River, finally has a monument suitable to his larger-than-life legacy: the Department of Education building. Johnson's family, associates and friends gathered on the steps to dedicate Federal Building 6 in honor of the Texas Democrat; it is now the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building. "President Johnson provided generations of American children with new and equal opportunities to gain an education, and today our nation is finally paying rightful tribute to this man for his vision and leadership," said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said, "It is a fitting tribute to this small-town Texas teacher who went on to become known as our 'education president' and signed over 60 far-reaching education bills." 1 I "mi 18kt. Gold and 3 Diamond "Lines FLORIDA Aquanauts begin reef study KEY LARGO A nine-day mission began in the world's only permanent working undersea laboratory. Six "aquanauts" studying changes along a coral reef will work, sleep and eat at Aquarius Reef Base, on the Atlantic Ocean floor about nine miles southeast of Key Largo. SCIENCE Gene treatment cleared by tests WASHINGTON Tests on an Illinois woman who died in July after get- Pendants $2,550 $4,495 ting an experimental gene treatment show no evidence that she was killed directly by the genetically altered viruses she was given, a panel of experts was told.

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